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Behavior Webinar Series: Supporting Appropriate Behavior

Zoom

This session will provide educational professionals with an overview of strategies to promote appropriate behavior in the classroom setting. The content will include functional information on why problem behavior may occur. Strategies to address the environment as well as teach/reinforce new behavior will be discussed. We recommend you also attend the Functional Behavior Assessment webinar. Note: This session is not intended for BCBAs. 

Communication Webinar Series: Emergent Communication

Zoom

This session will provide strategies for increasing communication and engagement for children with emergent language skills using evidenced based intervention for improving social-communication, play, and adaptive skills. 

Building Independence Webinar Series: Instructional Strategies

Zoom

This session will identify effective instructional strategies to address independence and promote expected behavior for students with autism. This session will discuss common barriers to independence and how to address these including the use of antecedent strategies and environmental modification. Additional resources will be provided to participants. 

Communication Webinar Series: Leveraging AAC for Individuals with Autism

Zoom

Think about effective augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention as 20% hardware and 80% follow-through. Once a system or device is chosen, the real work begins for educators, speech-language pathologists, families, and students. Adequate support and training are essential to decrease the chances of device or system abandonment. During this webinar, we’ll explain what AAC is and explore strategies, resources, and supports proven to be effective for successful AAC intervention and outcomes.

Behavior Webinar Series: Activity Schedules

Zoom

Attendees will learn how activity schedules can enhance classroom structure, improve student independence, and promote task completion and transitions. This session will give practical knowledge on creating and individualizing activity schedules based on student needs, as well as strategies for integrating them into daily routines. Attendees will leave this session with the skills to use activity schedules as a tool for supporting students with diverse learning needs, including those with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Webinar: Scaffolding with Autistic Children

Zoom

This session will review the scaffolding concept and tools to assess current levels before setting goals. The webinar will include 30 minutes of content and 30 minutes of answering your questions.

TIPS for Kids Lecture Series: Motor Functioning

Thompson Center Research and Training Facility 200 N. Keene St., Columbia, MO

Join us in person at the Thompson Center Research & Training Building or on Zoom for the TIPS for Kids 2024 Fall Lecture Series.

APA Series Webinar #1: It’s A Spectrum

Zoom

In this session, the presenter will define the core characteristics of an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, identify subtle symptoms of autism that are often missed or miscategorized, and discuss “gold standard” evaluation components and why they are needed.

TIPS for Kids Lecture Series: Pediatric Health & Obesity

Thompson Center Research and Training Facility 200 N. Keene St., Columbia, MO

Join us in person at the Thompson Center Research & Training Building or on Zoom for the TIPS for Kids 2024 Fall Lecture Series.

APA Series Webinar #2: ASD & Interventions

Zoom

In this session, the presenter will identify limitations in the research about therapeutic interventions for individuals on the autism spectrum and analyze considerations when determining therapeutic interventions for individuals on the autism spectrum.